Anpan

Name: Anpan
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 225 g bread flour; 3½ Tbsp cake flour ((you can make Homemade Cake Flour)); ¼ cup sugar; 1 tsp Diamond Crystal kosher salt; 1 tsp instant yeast ((to use active dry yeast, see Notes)); 1 large egg (50 g each w/o shell); 50 ml whole milk; 50 ml water ((3 Tbsp + 1 tsp; keep at 86ºF/30ºC, see Notes)); 2½ Tbsp unsalted butter ((cut into small cubes)); 10 oz sweet red bean paste (anko); 2 Tbsp water; 2 tsp toasted black sesame seeds

Instructions

Prep:45minCook:15min

Are you a big fan of Japanese pastries and baked goods? If so, you’ll enjoy Anpan, a classic Japanese pastry with sweet red bean paste inside soft bread. This homemade recipe comes with my step-by-step tutorial to guide you through the bread-making process.

Updated at: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:09:59 GMT